Kunal Nayyar will not rule out a Large Bang Concept reunion – however believes it is too quickly for the present to return.
Kunal Nayyar, Boy George, Gurinder Chadha, Malkit Singh, Billy Porter and Pixie Lott at The London Eye
The British-Indian actor performed astrophysicist Raj Koothrappali on the long-running CBS sitcom which additionally starred Johnny Galecki as Leonard Hofstadter, Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper, Kaley Cuoco as Penny and Simon Helberg as Howard Wolowitz.
The favored comedy – which celebrated nerd tradition and science – ran for 12 seasons and 279 episodes from 2007 to 2019, and though there’s a enormous clamour for the characters to return, Kunal thinks it’s just a bit too quickly for the solid to get again collectively.
Talking solely BANG Showbiz on the Christmas Lights change on at The London eye on Tuesday evening (04.11.25), Kunal mentioned: “We solely led to 2019, so you bought to offer us a bit of extra time to come back again.”
Kunal’s subsequent position is in festive musical film Christmas Karma, which is directed by Bend it Like Beckham filmmaker Gurinder Chadha.
It’s a Bollywood-inspired adaptation of the Charles Dickens 1843 novella A Christmas Carol, and Kunal performs Mr Sood, who’s the movie’s Ebenezer Scrooge, a job he was initially reluctant to tackle on account of his age earlier than Gurinder satisfied him he was excellent for the half.
He mentioned: “Gurinder approached me to play Scrooge on this film, I used to be like, ‘I feel I’m method too younger to play this character.’ However she actually satisfied me this character just isn’t about age, or something its a few character that’s gone by way of ache and displaying redemption.”
Christmas Karma celebrates London’s multicultural spirit, and incorporates a star-studded ensemble solid that features Boy George, Billy Porter, Pixie Lott, and Malkit Singh.
Kunal and his castmates stepped out in London on Tuesday night to see The London Eye lit up like a crimson and inexperienced Christmas wreath to mark the beginning of the festive season.
The switch-on – which was held in collaboration with Go to London and True Brit Leisure – was accompanied by a Bhangra band that characteristic in Christmas Karma, which is being launched by True Brit Leisure in UK and Irish cinemas on 14 November.
Robin Goodchild – Senior Common Supervisor at The London Eye – mentioned: “The London Eye has at all times been a logo of celebration and togetherness, and reworking it right into a glowing Christmas wreath is the proper technique to mark the beginning of London’s festive season. We’re thrilled to companion with Go to London and the workforce behind Christmas Karma to showcase the town’s vibrant, various spirit in such a joyful method.”
